Combined letter-sheet and envelop.



a. E. EUWER. COMBINED LETTER SHEET AND ENVELOP.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT 30, 1912.

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RANKIN E. EUWER, NATE/UNA, PENNSYLVANIA.

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Application filed September 30, 1912. Serial No. 723,147.

To all whom it may concern: v

Be it known that I, RANKIN E. EUWER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Natrona,'in the county'of Allegheny, State ef Pennsylvania,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in CombinedLetter-Sheets and Envelope; and I do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and

will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same.

7 This invention relates to an improvement.

in a combined letter-sheet and envelop.

The principal object of thisinventi-on is v. to improve the-constructionof these devices in such a manner that'sutticrent room Wlll be providedfor tearing the envelop and opening the same without danger ofmutilating the letter-sheet.

5 With these and other objects in view, the

invention consists in the construction and .novel combination of partshereinafter fully are end flaps 66.

described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out inthe claim here- -to appended; it being understood that various changesin the form, proportion, size and minor details of constructlon, wlthinthe scope of the claim, may be resorted to without departing from thespirit or sacri- 'ficing any of the advantages of the invention. p 1 1In the drawing :Fignre l'is a plan view of the blank from which thecombined envelop and letter-sheet is formed, Fig. 2 is a rear view ofthe envelop showing the letter-' sheet folded within the same, the topflap being open; and Fig. 8 is a vertical sectional view taken on theline 3 3 of Fig. 2.

' Like reference numerals designate corresponding parts in all. thefigures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawing, the invention comprises a body portion 5 ofthe envelop, and extending from opposite ends thereof upper edgethereof'is the usual top flap'7.

' Extending from the edge of the back flap 8 opposite the body5, isaletter-sheet 9 tween the body .7 of the envelop.

Extending from the having side edges 10-1O disposed in spaced relationto the side edges of. the back flap 8.

The back flap 8 is out in alinement with the s ide edgeslO of theletter-sheet, as indicated by 11-11, to form ears 12-12. Thelettersheet'9 can thus be folded on the perforated i SpecificationbfLetters Patent. Patented Oct. 2 1, 1913. v

line/13, and in this manner the folded edge 1 ;will be disposed 'belowthe outer edges '141 l of the ears-12, and consequently below and inspaced relation from the fold beportion 5 and the top flap In formingthe envelop, the rear flap 8. is

.i first folded onto the body portion 5 and the end flap 6 folded andsealed upon the rear flap 8. The'letter-sheet 9 is thus disposed outsideofthe envelop, and after a message .has been written thereupon the saidlettersheet can be folded within the envelop on the line 13, as clearlyshown in both" Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawing. When the envelop is sealedby the closure flap 7, and it is desired to open the same, the envelopcan be torn along the upper edge thereof above the letter-sheet As aresult, danger oftearing the letter-sheet while opening the envelop willbe eliminated; I

What is claimed is The combination with an envelop of a letter sheetintegral at one longitudinal edge with the free edge portion of theenvelop back and perforated or scored on said integral edge forfacilitating folding of'said sheet into said "envelop, the side edges ofsaid sheet being severed. from said back to said integral edge wherebywhen said sheet is folded into said envelop an oblong longitudinal spaceexists beyond said integral edge to facilitate tearing the envelop andopening the same without danger of mutilation of said sheet.

K In testimony :whereof, I aflix my signature, in presence of twowitnesses ANKIN E. nuwnn,

Witnesses:

ROBERT M. SKILLEN .NonA G. Eownn.

